Tour Director

Great Tour Directors combine leadership with operational capacity and industry knowledge — get all three here.

With emerit training, your passion for travel, love of discovering new places, and proven leadership skills will help further your career. emerit trained Tour Directors are flexible, perceptive to traveller needs and ensure the smooth day to day running of planned itineraries. Deliver memorable tours, build your reputation as a knowledgeable tourism professional, and be recognized as providing one of the top guided tours in your industry.

Training includes the following modules:

Tourism Awareness

Professionalism

General Knowledge

Presentation

Procedures

Problem Solving

Ensure your success; get emerit Tour Director training to acquire the skill and confidence to excel in your career. Once you have the skills, apply for the Certification to gain the recognition. When you complete the certification process, you will be awarded the Tourism Certified Professional (TCP) designation. To get started, select the most convenient training format from the list below.

"I've had a lot of experience in the kitchen, but very little in management. I found myself with a team of employees to supervise, orders to make, and menus to develop. The training came just in time. The program was a big help to me and made it a lot easier for me to fit into my new position."

"I think we've proven without a doubt that the investment in training and in particular in emerit training is definitely recognized in a positive way in the bottom line of our business."

— Sheila Kelly-Blackmore, general Manager, St. Jude Hotel

"You're going to wind up with folks who know what they're doing, who understand why they're there and who want to work and who want to do a good job and essentially who have been empowered and given the tools and given the training to go out and do their jobs really, really well."

— Rob Campbell, Division Manager, Athabasca Catering

"Things have changed a lot over the past few years. Competition has gotten fiercer. You need dedicated and innovative employees to succeed in meeting the needs of an increasingly demanding clientele. By training our employees and listening to them, we develop a feeling of belonging that results in a decreased turnover rate and increased productivity."